MOSCOW, July 15, Sergey Fuks. “Fakel” will start Russian football championship in the new arena, said the Minister of Sports of the Voronezh Region Pavel Chibisov.
In their first home match in the second round, Fakel will host Akron Togliatti on July 27. The new stadium of the Voronezh club seats 10 thousand spectators. Previously, Fakel played at the Central Trade Union Stadium.
“Fakel” will confirm its ambitions in the Russian Premier League, I am convinced that everything will be bright and beautiful in a sporting way. The team and fans are ready, the stadium is about to begin its work, so expectations are the most positive. Without a doubt, the football season will begin in the new arena. The recent visit of representatives of RPL and RFU showed that we are almost completely ready to launch the facility. There are still small touches that we will fix in the next few days, and the 10,000-seat stadium will open its doors to football fans,» Chibisov said.
«The Voronezh region is famous for its success in sports, and we also have a fairly powerful region with a strong economics. We pay great attention to involving residents in regular sports, because it is the guarantor of preserving the health of the population. In addition, we are very lucky with the governor. Alexander Viktorovich Gusev is a passionate football fan and pays great attention to the development of sports in the region as a whole. Among the ambitious plans is the construction of a new stadium with 25 thousand seats, which will begin next year. It will be large-scale and modern,” he added.